Wednesday, November 10, 2010

How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)

How I Celebrated the End of the World / Cum mi-am petrecut sfarsitul lumii (2006)

Genre: Drama

Director: Cătălin Mitulescu

Starring: Doroteea Petre, Timotei Duma

Duration: 106 min.

Rating: 7.2/10

Summary:

Taking place in a village not far from Bucharest, during the last year of communism. Follows the story of Lalalilu, a 7 year old boy who dreams of killing Ceausescu, and Eva his rebellious older sister who wants to escape Romania.

How I Celebrated the End of the World, the first featurefrom Cătălin Mitulescu (Trafic), is a charming, beautiful, and poetic telling of the last year of communism in Romania. Seen from the eyes of a young boy and his sister. Doroteea Petre (Ryna), deservedly won the Un Certain Regard - Best Actress award at Cannes for her brilliant role of Eva.

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